1 CD: 17 minutes 57 seconds

CD, Diana Rait Kerr, MCC Curator, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 4 tracks. Track 1: [0:49-2:05] Rait Kerr talks about her appointment as Curator of MCC, [2:09-2:29] Rait Kerr talks about the storage of books held by MCC during the Second World War, [2:29-3:14] Rait Kerr talks about the size of the collection in 1945, [3:15-4:57], Rait Kerr talks about her job as an ambulance driver during the Second World War. Track 2: [0:00-0:17] Rait Kerr continues discussing her job as an ambulance driver, [0:17-1:27] Rait Kerr talks about the establishment of the library in the Pavilion (now the Member's Bar), [1:27-2:10] Rait Kerr talks about the establishment of the cataloguing system, [2:10-3:05] Rait Kerr talks about T H Carlton Levick, [3:15-5:24] Rait Kerr talks about the people she worked with. Track 3: [0:00-2:45] Rait Kerr talks about her book on the Lord's catalogue, Leslie Gutteridge and the increase in the collections, [2:46-4:18] Rait Kerr talks about the opening of the Imperial Memorial Gallery. Track 4: [0:00-0:49] Rait Kerr talks about her opinion of the MCC museum and library (in 2005), [0:50-2:00], Rait Kerr talks about Stephen Green's appointment as MCC Curator and the present MCC Curator, Adam Chadwick, [2:00-2:30] Allen talks about unusual bequests to the MCC museum. A back-up copy of this CD is included.

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